Panel 1: Marie
and Evil Marie are in a bus with three mysterious woman. Marie has just
handed them a number of spinning implements (a spindle, a carding comb,
a ruler, a pair of scissors). Marie is also holding the hair-like
substance she has found in her plastic bag.
Young Woman: Cool, but we haven't got anything to work with.
Marie [hands her the hair]: There's this.
Panel 2:
Young Woman: Tricky.
Middle-Aged Woman: But doable.
Old Woman: If that's what's going on, you'll want to get off at Horn Street.
Panel 3:
Young Woman: No, Ivory.
Old Woman: Horn.
Young Woman: Ivory!
Old Woman: Horn, dear.
Panel 4: They pull out their phones.
Young Woman: Google says Ivory!
Old Woman: Yahoo says Horn!
Evil Marie: It all seems less mystical when they bring out the smartphones.
Alt-Text: I'm pretty sure there are whole genres of science fiction in which advanced technology has mystical properties.
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